Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To establish in office; install.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To set or place; establish, as in a rank or condition.
- To invest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
install (someone) in office; toestablish .
Etymologies
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Examples
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North Carolina improved to 21-1 in instate tournament games, including 6-0 in games played here - home to Atlantic Coast Conference rival Wake Forest.
USATODAY.com - Men's Basketball - Michigan St. vs. North Carolina 2006
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While this was not a war, the instate was the same.
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After a first refusal, Obama says he'll now re-instate solar water heating to the White House roof, and will add photo-voltaic cells that will generate electricity.
Harvey Wasserman: A Solar Victory and Military Defeat at the White House Harvey Wasserman 2010
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Soccer Board of Directors voted to re-instate the provisional sanction.
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If we want to avoid catastrophic climate change and avoid climate disaster, we need to instate a moratorium on drilling in the Arctic.
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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After a first refusal, Obama says he'll now re-instate solar water heating to the White House roof, and will add photo-voltaic cells that will generate electricity.
Harvey Wasserman: A Solar Victory and Military Defeat at the White House Harvey Wasserman 2010
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Soccer Board of Directors voted to re-instate the provisional sanction.
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After a first refusal, Obama says he'll now re-instate solar water heating to the White House roof, and will add photo-voltaic cells that will generate electricity.
Harvey Wasserman: A Solar Victory and Military Defeat at the White House Harvey Wasserman 2010
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But, the difficult national environment for Democrats coupled with a surge in Republican energy instate -- the result of the passage of a stringent immigration bill -- quickly turned the race into a serious contest.
Gabrielle Giffords' 2010 campaign was costly, close, and contentious Chris Cillizza 2011
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After a first refusal, Obama says he'll now re-instate solar water heating to the White House roof, and will add photo-voltaic cells that will generate electricity.
Harvey Wasserman: A Solar Victory and Military Defeat at the White House Harvey Wasserman 2010
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